Rio-Echevarria IM, Tavano R, Causin V, Papini E, Mancin F, Moretto A. Water-soluble peptide-coated nanoparticles: control of the helix structure and enhanced differential binding to immune cells.
J Am Chem Soc 2010;
133:8-11. [PMID:
21142034 DOI:
10.1021/ja107588q]
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Abstract
The stabilizing action of C(α)-tetrasubstituted α-amino acids inserted into a sequence of short peptides allowed for the first time the preparation of water-soluble nanoparticles of different materials coated with a helix-structured undecapeptide. This peptide coating strongly favors nanoparticle uptake by human immune system cells.
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